The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-03


| Liberdtor, and by his bold aggressive course
had brought the enmity of almost the
whole of Boston down upon his head, the
| rage against him. as survivors Of the past
| generation will recollect. sr>w more and
| intense, until at last matters eliminated in
| the famous mob, from whom he narrowly
escaped with his life. In these latter days,
when all people and parties unite in the
common rejoicing that human slavery is a
thing of the past, it seems scarcely credible
that mob gathered to lynch noble man
who dared publicly to resist the popular
tide, and defiantly hurl his anathemas
against the ''crine of all crimes,
the sum Of all villainies," should
include within its yelling, crowding law
defying aggregation some of the most
worthy and conservative men of the city
yet such is the truth of history.
That the mob which had gathered and
was surging down the street in quest Of their
prey had at its inception greatly alarmed
the few friends of Mr.. Garrison, goes with
out saying. There was little time for
action. 70 secrete him was their only
course. But where! Scarcely house, a
store, or mandatory was there in all that
city which the hated anti-slavery leader
could seek as an asylum with any hope of
success. Garrison himself was physically
as well as morally fearless, but the idea of
an ignominous death at the hands of a
brutal mob was no part nor parcel of his
philosophy. His great work, to which all
his manhood and intellect where consecrated,
was not done-had only begun. And so he
was only too anxious to escape from his
prosecutors His brave body guard
suddenly bethought themselves of one place
not far distant where he would be welcomed.
Luke Browns carpenter shOp-to Browns
shopm was the slogan uttered with bated
breath, (which quickly passed from mouth
to mouth among that brave little body of
men. Down Wilson'S lane with hurried
Steps--behind them still the shouts of the
pursuing mob: Catch him! Hang him!
Death to the d abOlitionist! y
Accompanied by two or three of
his followers, Mr. Garrison entered
Browns shop, while others scattered
to various points in the vicinity,
the better to avert suspicion, and to watch
the development of the storm The pro
pretor happened to be away just then,
having gone out presumably on business,
and was ignorant of the effort being made
to shelter Mr.. Garrison; but his employees,
however, were men of his own mind, and
well knew that any cooperation by them
with Mr. Garrison's friends would be heart
lily Endorsed by their chief, so they helped
secrete him beneath a pile of carpenters
outings" in a room in the second story.
Then all excepting one workman passed
with Garrison's friends out into the street.
The mob soon arrived 1t was well known
to them that Browns shop was an "aboli-
ton hotbed,n and so they naturally sus
pectel that Brown had harbored the man.
They halted and prepared to rush into the
building But they had counted without
their host, for suddenly there appeared III
the open doorway a stalwart young man,
an apprentice of Browns with uplifted
broadax, who, above the noise of the rabble
was heard to shout
1.-THE first man that attempts to come in
I'll split his skull"
The crowd halted. They looked at the
young Hercules before them and correctly
gagged his mettle. They saw he meant
business, and they remained at bay. But
presently they once more essayed to adj
vance.
"Stand back! stand back !" and once more
the glittering ak came into position.
But things could not remain i'll this state,
and so barley ensued, the result of which
was that two persons from the crowd should
be allowed to enter and search the prem
Uses The apprentice felt confident that sc
ingeuiously was Mr.. Garrison secreted that
the search woul be frlitless. and so II
would have been but for the indiscretion OF
the workman aforementioned, who had re-
manned in the shop. The committee of two
ransacked the building from basement tC
attic, and disappointed, were about tc
leave, when the presence of the workman
excited their suspicious He pretended to
be at work, but they rightly construed this
a subterfuge, and questioned him sharply.
His evasive answers tended to confirm their
suspicious, and thereupon they threatened
him 50 fiercey that he finally told them
where Garrison was hidden. Like pair of
,AotYnpaI fha nile
and presently pulled out from among the
pieces of lumber the dusty form of the great
abolitionist With exultant shouts they
showed him through a window, or small
door, and dropped him down upon the side
walk, distance of or feet.
But the eagle-eyed friends of Garrison
were equal to the crisis, and they shrewdly
simultaneously adopted the stratagem OF
rushing upon him. hurting vile epithetS and
deadly threatenings, thereby deceiving the
mob. who took them to be ring.eaders III
the plot, and dragging him by the arms and
shaking their fists in his face, hustled him
into hack near by and ordered the driver
to drive quickly to the Jail.
Arrived there, the jail authorities, i'll the
interest of law and order, readily admitted
him for safekeeping, where he remainel
over night, by which time the popular
frenzy had spent its force, and it was de
clded sale Tor MI. harrison 10 return 10 MS
home.
have obtained the foregoing facts flol
son of Hon Luke Brown, Mr.. Freeman II
Brown, his successor in business and pre-
minent and reliable citizen, to whom his
father had often repeated the story of the
eventful affair. Mr.. Brown, while regretting
his absence at the critical tine had the
satisfaction OF knowing that his reputation
as prominent snti-slavery man among Mr.
Garrison's followers and the loyalty Of his
subordinates had jointly resulted, without
doubt, i'll saving to the world the "nob!est
Roman of them all" the heroic man who
early proclaimed in thunder tones to a ther
pro-slavery nation: II am in earnest! ! will
not excuse will not equivocate | will
not retreat a single inch! And | win be
heardn
[The portion of the above narrative re
lating to Mr.. Garrison's being taken from
the shop is correct, but Mr.. Garrison wa,
carried into the old statahouse and was
thence taken to Jail, as stated